DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump talks politics and lashes out in front of 30,000 youth at a Boy Scout jamboree. Snopes fact-checking website locked in a dispute with a vendor/business partner that has… More
The PEN Ten with Dani Shapiro
Writers—by the very nature of what we do—are forced to slow down, and perhaps in so doing, we form a counterweight to the culture of instantaneous reaction. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Tensions continue between the New York Times and Fox and Friends over allegations made by the latter regarding a story about U.S. efforts to capture an ISIS leader. Jared… More
“Call Me Covfefe”: Some of Our Favorite Opening Sentences for Trump, The Novel
We asked our followers: If the Trump Administration were a novel, what would the famous opening sentence be? Here are some of our favorite answers. More
Fall 2017 Free Expression Programs Internship
PEN America is an organization of writers with a mission to both celebrate and defend freedom of expression. Comprised of more than 4,500 Members in the U.S. and working… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort demands the New York Times retract an article alleging he is in debt to pro-Russia interests; Hong Kong book fair feels pressure from… More
Fall 2017 Literary Programs Design Internship
PEN America’s Literary Programs Department seeks a diligent, organized design intern to assist with the 2018 literary programs and literary awards cycle. The PEN Literary Awards confer nearly $315,000… More
Two Poems by Billy Cancel
we debuted the apple / blossom 2-step around bug house square didn’t / know if it was brazil or christmas spoke a language of / deconstruction… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
A former top official for climate policy files a whistleblower complaint; requests for state voter data from President Trump’s election commission are prompting some to cancel their voter registrations;… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The Department of Labor concerned that Google’s employee confidentiality agreements create a “chilling effect” regarding conversations about discrimination; adjunct professor is fired after posting her support of LGBT rights… More
